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Metal Hurlant: Paradise Lost

by Jean Giraud

Utopias at the edge of dystopia

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Utopias at the edge of dystopia

This anthology examines the idea of “heaven on earth” across speculative and dystopian possibilities, asking how visions of an ideal society are shaped, undermined, or made fleeting. Its 272 pages bring together 23 comics visions of utopias lost and found, alongside interviews with filmmaker and documentarian Jodi Wille and science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson. The collection also includes a glimpse of Tardi and the complete 44-page Polonius, created with writer Picaret. The mix of comics and interviews gives the volume several ways into its central question: what utopia means, and why it so often appears alongside its darker mirror.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in utopian and dystopian themes in comics.
  • Readers who enjoy anthologies bringing together multiple creators and visions.
  • Readers interested in interviews with Jodi Wille and Kim Stanley Robinson.

Themes

Utopia and dystopiaIdeal societies and their limitsSpeculative comics

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Book overview

Utopia has been chased by sentient beings since the beginning of time. But what is it? Where is it? When? How?

This installment of Humanoids' celebrated genre anthology explores "heaven on earth" (and beyond), and the systems that have made it impossible, illusory, or brief, warping it into its darker dystopian mirror...

Inside this 272-page tome: Interviews with filmmaker, documentarian, and "cult" expert Jodi Wille (The Source Family, Welcome Space Brothers), and utopian sci-fi master Kim Stanley Robinson (The Mars Trilogy, Ministry for the Future); a brief glimpse of French legend Tardi, and the complete Polonius, his rare, depraved 44-page work with writer Picaret; and 23 visions of utopias lost and found from the talented creators of comics past, present, and future.
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